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A. W. PRESTON.

.Corn-Husking Glove.

No. 65,827. Patented June 18, 1867.

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ALBERT W PRESTON, 'orMAzoN, ILLINOIS] Letters Patent No. 65,827, datedJ1me 18, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN v Be it known that I, ALBERT W, PRESTON, ofMazon, Grundy connty,.State of Illinois, have invented certain ,new anduseful Improvements in Gloves for Ilusking Corn; and I do hereby declarethe following description and accompanying drawings are sufficient toenable any person skilledin the art or science to which it most nearlyapperta-ins to make and use my said invention or improvements withoutfurther invention or experiment. I

i The nature of my invention and improvements consist in ,1naking aglovcto cover the back of the hand, thumb, and fingers, and the fronts of theends of the thumband fingers, with a strap around the thumb and wrist tohold the glove in position on the hand; and in covering, the front ofthe fingers and thumb with a shoeing of sheet metal; and in combiningwith the plates on thetllnmb and fore-finger a spur or projection topierce and open the husks of the corn also in providing the plate on thefore-finger with an arm or projection to rest on the back of themiddle-finger, to prevent the plate on the fore-finger from turning; andin splitting: the backs of the fingers and providing them with lacings,so as to adapt the glove to fingers of different sizes.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing is the hack of my improved glovefor hashing corn.

Figure 2 is the front. I l I In these drawings, A is the hack of theglove, cut from a single piece of leather, or other suitable material,in the formshown, or in such other form as will answer the purpose, witha amp, B, to pass around the wrist and fasten in the buckle C on theopposite edge from the strap, as shown in the drawing. That part D whichforms the front-of the'thuinb, and the strap which connects it to thestrap '13, may be outwith the part that forms thc ba'ck A out of thesame piece of leather, or cut in a separate piece and sewed on to thepiece A. The piece or part E, which forms the back and end of the thumb,is cut in proper form and sewed to the piece-D. Thenl swage a piece ofsheet metal, F, long enough to fit and cover the front of the firstjoint of the thumb, and rivet to the leather, as shown in the drawing. AI

To split. and open the husks, I make or fasten a spur or projection,Gr,.on the-plate F. This spur may be made in a suitable and proper form,and soldered or brazed to the plate, or otherwise firmly fastened to it.

The front of the fore and little-finger may be cut on the-same piecewithothe backs of those fingers, and folded around and sewed to theback; but the fronts of the middle and ring-finger are cut in separatepieces and sewed to the backs of those fingers. I

To adapt the glove to fingers of ditferent sizes, I slit down the backsof thehfingers, and punch holes each side of the slit, and put instrings to lace up the slits, as shown in the drawing, fig. 1. I nowswage some pieces of sheet metal, H-H, to cover the ends and fronts ofthe first joints of all the fingers,.and rivet them to the leather ofthcseveral fingers, as shown in fig. it of the drawings. The plate swagedor formed for the forefinger may have a projection, I, to come around onthe side of the finger next to the thumb, and the same plate may haveanother projection, J, pass up between the fore and middle-finger,andI-bent to fit on to the back of the latter, to prevent the plate fromturning on the fore fing er. I- make a spur or projection, K, and fastento the plate on the fore-finger bys'oldering, brazing, or otherwise, tobe used in conjunction with the spur 'F in opening the husks on the earsof corn.

I claim a hashing-glove, made to cover the back of the hand, thumb, andfingers; and thefronts of the, ends or first joints of the thumb andfingers, with a strap aropnd the thumb and wrist, substantially as shownand described.

I claim a hashing-glove, with the front of the fingers and thumb coveredor shod with sheet metal, substantially as described.

And in combination with the plate on the thumb, I claim the-spur orprojection G on said plate.

And in combination with the plate on the fore-'fingenI claim the spur orprojection K on said plate for opening the husks on the ears of corn. 7V

And in combination with theplate on the fore-finger and the spur foropening the husks, I claim the projection or arm J, to rest on the back;of the middle-finger, to prevent the plate from turning on theforefinger.

I claim making the backs of the fingers to lace up, substantially asdescribed, so as to adapt the glove to fingers of different sizes.

ALBERT W. PRESTON.

Witnesses:

JAMES Fosrsa, Ii J. O. KELTNER-

